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@@Tea_and_thyme_2012 Deb, I can’t believe the weather has been this bad. Whilst the poor weather was an issue at the start of the year with slugs being a pain I actually think the poor weather now could have a bigger impact. Many more summer crop yields will be affected so shop prices will also increase. So disappointed with my garlic and in particular my onions. We will definitely need to buy onions this year which doesn’t happen too often. Hope your shallots are good

@@tubtub883 much appreciated 🌻

@@marcorivas6363 Hi Marco. Many thanks for watching the video and for your question. I actually purchased the seeds from a seller on eBay as I couldn’t find a U.K. seller, at the time, but was keen to try growing the plants. In a hotter climate than the U.K. then the plants would get significantly bigger so I imagine the fruit would also be larger too. I don’t know if there are other varieties of Pepino to try but one more suited to cooler climates would be good. All the best with your growing 🍈🪴

@@Hominid00inthemirrow thanks for watching James, and the message. Glad to be of help 🔭🪴

@@Gladiolus-sl5dq Hi. Many thanks for watching and the message. Yes you can plant the seeds now but just be mindful that the seedlings will need to kept moist throughout the summer and then given winter protection. I was actually going to sow some seeds of wild garlic this weekend. All the best 🌼🌸

I have always used canes to support the plants but this year I have copied my friend, who shows Dahlias, and gone higher. Remember to remove the side wing buds to get even better flowers and longer stems for cutting. I hope your daughter appreciates the effort 😀🌸🌼

Thanks Ian I’ll google that.

Thanks. It’s more the frustration that the crop has been so badly affected due to the weather and nothing can be done to correct it. The harvest is still decent compared to many but😀 Still have the hardneck types to pull. Hope you have a good day 🪴🌻

Weather issues are definitely a hard pill to swallow. Here's to a great hardneck harvest!

@@theelpydimension thanks 🧄🪴

Hi Dawn. Many thanks for watching and for the question. I hadn’t heard of that variety before so did a look up and saw it’s an Australian bed variety, similar to Little Gem. As Teddy Bear is a grandiflora type then yes you can take cuttings in exactly the same way as in this video. All the best with your gardening 🌸🌼

@@diyhomeandgardening yeah they are popular here in Florida and used as a a ornament tree

@@dawn9532 The flowers are stunning aren’t they

Hi. Thanks for the message. I would suspect that the yellowing of the leaves is due to lack of fertiliser available to the plants. Watering every day would be making things worse as the water is diluting down any nutrients that would be present in the soil. Yellowing leaves in Photinia can be a result of lack of nitrogen, magnesium or the soil not being acidic enough. I would suggest applying a liquid feed that is marked up as Ericaceous (suitable for Rhododendron and Camellia) as that will act quickly. You can also apply a slow release fertiliser that will break down more gradually with the daily watering. Maybe adjust the amount of water that is going into your plants too. Watering in the morning is always best. Hope this helps you 🌸🌼

Ha. Funny you should mention the onions as I lifted them tonight. Quite a few suddenly got their bent stems so I went for it. A lot were really undersized but I now need the space for planting pumpkins.

Hi Mike. Thanks for watching the video and the message. The car in the video is a Ford B-Max 2014 year. Most Ford cars have the same or very similar wing mirror design so you should find a galaxy straight forward too. All the best with the mirror 🛠️🌻

Hi Richard. Many thanks for watching and for the message. Glad you like the video and inspired to take some cuttings of your own. The purple varieties are always stunning. Hope you get a good lot of new plants 🌸🪴

Hi Deb. Hope you had a good holiday. I always worry about going on holiday during the growing season for not knowing if the plants will still be alive when I return. Enjoy getting back into the garden and allotment 🥒🪴

No problem. Thanks for the continued support and follow. Hope your cucumbers are doing well. What varieties do you grow?🥒🪴

Thanks. I tried propagating pumpkins the other year to see if I could grow enough plants from germinating and growing on fewer seeds to save some space. I wasn’t sure how well the cucumber would root in water as they can often be temperamental when too wet in compost. Hope your plants are doing well 🥒🪴

Hi William. Thanks for watching and the message. I think you need to put the phrase into context of the subject in question, as man made in terms of the sweetener Aspartame is bad. Especially when you compare to a natural sweetener in terms of Stevia or sugarcane. All the best with your growing 🪴🌻

Hi Sam. I’ve tried planting supermarket garlic before where it has come from a European country and labelled as a particular variety, as you can be fairly confident that it is what it says it is. Unfortunately a lot of garlic does come from China and then it doesn’t like our conditions too much. Also, you can’t guarantee the variety is the variety. I bought some garlic labelled as elephant garlic and when I tried to show it was told it wasn’t that variety. I would always buy from a garden centre or from the Isle of Wight garlic farm. Hopefully you have a good enough harvest to use and store 🧄🌻

Thank you for the reply Iain, next time I definitely will be getting my garlic from a garden centre, thanks. Sam

@@samuelbarvet2641 no problem. Just for the record I spell my name as Ian😀 Have a good evening pal

Hi Susan, Thanks for watching and your message. I would give the plant a light prune at this time of year, just removing the top third of the plant’s height. That prune will encourage new growth to develop a more bushy plant. After pruning wait a fortnight and then give the plant a feed. Enjoy 🌸🪴

@diyhomeandgardening thank you for advice I'll do that and fingers crossed it will come back to looking fuller again 😊

Hi Michelle, Many thanks for watching and the message. Glad you found the video helpful. Salvia are such great plants so give the propagation a go. Enjoy your gardening 🌸🌼

Yes it certainly has been poor. We can only hope we get some sunshine soon. I might try spring planting some garlic next year as a bit of an experiment. Hope your harvest is decent 🧄🪴

Hi. Thanks for watching and the question. Simply place the end of the string or jute under the rootball of the plant to hold it in place. The roots will develop around the jute and anchor all together. Hope this helps. All the best with your cucumbers 🥒 🌻

@@diyhomeandgardening THanks, makes good sense. harder to do when planting seedlings, but i guess i'll place it early on so it [juke] becomes part of the root ball.

Hi Sam, We definitely need some sun. So bored of it being cold and cloudy. I always overwinter a few chilli plants but always sow seed too. Overwintered varieties produce crops quicker as they have hard wood to grow back from.

Thanks for confirming, I will be over wintering some pepper and aubergine plants as they still very small and hopefully have a better harvest next year, happy gardening 😎

@@samuelbarvet2641 you have loads of time to get the plants to a decent size so don’t think about winter yet 😀😀

Hi Edward. Good to hear that you planted is doing well and starting to put on a good display of flowers. I don’t have any videos on overwintering a Fuchsia. Normally I prune back the plants by about half and then place them in a protected area such as under our lean to. This winter I didn’t give the hardy standards any protection and unfortunately they died as they got too wet and then cold. I learnt the hard way. Enjoy your summer 🌸🪴

Many thanks for watching and for taking the time to message me. All the best with your growing 🪴🌻

Hi. Yes you could start cuttings in June but you need to make sure you use shoots without flowers on. Hope this helps 🪴🌸

Super thanks 👍😀

@@gucci6925 oh and make sure to keep the cuttings on the moist side but not wet. Hope your cuttings do well 🌼

Many thanks for watching. I’m not sure exactly how many times I watered but I just keep the compost on the moist side. All the best 🌸

@@diyhomeandgardening Thank you.

Many thanks for watching and taking the time to message, much appreciated. Hope you have a great gardening season 🌻🪴

Hi. Thanks, as always, for watching. I’ve always struggled with growing Aubergines from seed so haven’t bothered the last couple of years. Last year I bought a grafted type which of Aubergine was was amazing, especially as I grew it outside in a container. As far as squash go I have planted mine outside at the allotment as usual but have been scattering slug pellets to try to control pest numbers. That said, I have noticed that some of the plant stems have been eaten. I get my squash to a decent size in a 13cm pot before planting out so they can fend for themselves a bit better. I tried growing butternut squash in pots a few years ago but they didn’t do that well as I think they never had enough compost to retain enough moisture. They also took up a lot of patio space. Good luck with your experimenting and growing 🌸🌼

Thanks for the message. I do like a Thai chilli but can’t seem to find genuine seed stock. I’m very interested by the sounds of Capsicum pubescens. Definitely going to do some research on that one. What size pots do you grow in? Do you grow outdoors or under covers? Thanks again 🌶️

@@diyhomeandgardeningthey have ben outside since mai, we had above 10c at nigth, tru most of may,but i coverd them in nigth time the first weeks of may,also my roof sticks out a bit so i use the wals and roof to cover them from rain and the north wind. but now we are geting hail,8c at nigth and 12-13c at day time, so i guess the chillys,tomatos and pumkins are geting stuned..jaja, hope the potatos, peas,broadbeans and garlic does well then:) i stuck some chillys in the ground, but they havent done mutch,some are in 40l reused poting mix bags, (lot of holes in for drainage),and turned the inside out so the outside are black, and hopefully atract some more heat, some are interplanted with tomatos, in dobbel 110l black plastikk garbige bags(also holes for drainage) 40 and 110l are about half full now, so i have the posebility to roll up the sides and hill\put in some more potingmix\medium if i think its worth it,they stand outside under the roof,into a south facing wall on my house, for wind and rain cover, have some smaler pots with chilis,that i move around, and wil go in 10l pots later. i dont topp them, most are 2 chillys side by side, but i stil have some pots with 3 in, so we have a simelar game plan for the chillys:) found one page with some info and cultivars of pubescens: semi strani i only have gmail and aint to keen on paying for shipping( im broke, like moste of other people in europe) but i have extra seeds from the thai one, that you can have for free, if you have an idea how we can sort it, without me geting broker;) ore if we take it later in the year, i migth be better of and have some more stuff from this year crop, and you migth have some stuff, i didnt know i wanted:)and then we can do a seed exchange ?:) have a couple of fun experiments, but i cant give away wat stil have to be harvested first:) dont sell the skin of the bear, before you have the bear, like they say in norway:)

@@janericvelure6883 you definitely have plenty of things on the go. Are you on instagram? If so look me up under the same name. It would be good to see what you are doing and where.

@@diyhomeandgardening i found your instagram but i have deleted fbook, and it seems like i ned to have it to use it, i dont mind leaving my gmail, in a coment, if you can delete the coment on youtube after you get my adress, ore you migth have another idea,lot of weird stuff on internet these days it seems:)

Thanks for watching and the message, appreciated. I do like to grow a bit of a range but have stopped growing some of the crazy hot ones as they don’t perform as well when grown outside. Enjoy your growing too 🌶️🌶️

Many thanks for watching and your message. Glad you found the video helpful. I also made a series that shows stage by stage how to make a Fuchsia standard, if that is of use to you. Happy growing 🪴🌸

Hi Rachel. Thanks for watching and the question. Give the compost a good water before placing the cuttings into it. The compost will then only need the occasional water to keep the cuttings on the moist side. I place the cuttings into a more shaded area to stop them getting scorched by the sun, and losing too much moisture through evaporation. No need to mist. All the best and enjoy all those free plants 🌸🪴

Hi Liliana, Many thanks for watching and taking the time to message. I really love the colour contrast of the dark purple foliage with the cerise pink flowers. I haven’t tried making cordial with this type yet but it’s on my list. All the best 🌼🌸

Hi Sam. I got a polytunnel last year, a small one, but have yet to put it up. I start my peppers in the greenhouse and then grow them outside. My job today is to pot them all ! Thanks, Ian 🌼

Hi Charlie. It’s a great Verbena and loves full sun and a free draining soil. I only water twice a week but imagine you would need to water each day. All the best 🪴🌼

Much appreciated. Enjoy your gardening 🌸🌻

Hi Charlie. Many thanks for watching and the message, much appreciated and thanks for subscribing. Are you able to grow Wisteria where you are or does it get too hot? 🌼

Hi Susanna. Many thanks for watching and the message. Honestly I just stuck the cutting straight into some compost and away it grew. Propagating in compost is still my preferred way. Good luck in growing your Dragon 🐉 🪴

I got told that they are easier to grow that Tomatoes but so far I’m not sure that is true. I’m definitely excited to see what they taste like. Good luck with yours too

Hi Alexandre. Many thanks for watching and for the questions. I haven’t allowed my plants to produce flowers so can’t comment as to if leaf flavour is altered at that stage. In terms of propagation, I have found Stevia produces root quickly in water but then takes a while to get growing once potted into compost. Cuttings that are taken and placed directly into compost seem to do better. Once the cuttings have rooted and start to grow I have found they produce much better plants if the tops are pinched out. Hope this helps you. Enjoy your growing 🪴🌼

@@diyhomeandgardening Oh, thank you very much! I will change my setup based on your recommendation/experience!

Thanks for watching. The weather is shocking, probably the worst I’ve known it and it’s not good for overwintered crops. Hope your plants are surviving

@@diyhomeandgardening yes thanks, mainly the slugs are the biggest issue atm

@@jmmd4059 I know the problem. I’ve used a good amount of slug pellets too but I’m sure the slugs eat them just for fun now😀

Hi Camie. Many thanks for watching and taking the time to message, much appreciated. Glad the video was of help to you. Enjoy all your future blackberry harvests 🌻🫐

Hi Sam, Glad you found the video of use. My plants are in an open ish area so plenty of light but not in an area that gets baked by the sun when it turns up. Happy growing 🍅

Hi Christina. Thanks for watching and the message. This rose is in a garden that I do maintenance work in so I can only do an update when next there. I should be there in a weeks time so will add an update picture to the community page for you. All the best with your roses 🌹 🌼

​@@diyhomeandgardeningplease is there an update? 👀

@@shanelpaige2152 Hi Shanel. Thanks for watching and the message. I haven’t done any update videos as the rose is at a customers house and I need to be there. I may have some photos of the plant on my instagram account but not sure when. Hope your rose pruning and training goes well for you 🌸🌹

Thanks 🌻🧄